Who was your favorite Tallahassee band back in the day?

[Nole Daddy]

Mine was the Woodpeckers( later be called the Distant Relatives) in the early to mid 90's.

 

[seminole1992]

Zombie birdhouse. Where are those guys?

 

[Nole Daddy]

Zombie birdhouse. Where are those guys?

That dude was great. He thought he was Chris Cornell for sure.

 

[OrlandNole]

Hard rock band mid-90s. They ROCKED Floyd's.

I wanna say their name was Creed, or something like that.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Slapstick and Zombie Birdhouse

 

[Nole Daddy]

I also liked a band called Slap Stick. They were more in the late 80's but would come around every now and then in the 90's and do shows. They played a mean Pink Floyd set.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Slapstick and Zombie Birdhouse

I just typed the same thing( Slap Stick). Those guys were good

 

[FSUTribe76]

Isn't Tallahassee an interesting place that seems to suck away greatness? Less than an hour from the coast yet horrible seafood. A "vintage" southern capital city yet horrible bbq. One of the best collegiate baseball teams every year yet no national titles. So on and so go forth.

One of those so forth is that despite having one of the best music colleges in the country, Tallahassee hasn't produced very many highly successful music acts. I guess Creed/AlterBridge would be my favorite Tallahassee related act (leaving out the Doors, Ray Charles and Parlaiment that only have Tallahassee connections not really "Tallahassee bands/acts".). Saying the best is Creed is faint praise although the first album was pretty good and holds up well and Alter Bridge (aka Creed minus Scott Stapp) has been decent.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Luv Handles

 

[NoleInNC]

Mine was the Woodpeckers( later be called the Distant Relatives) in the early to mid 90's.

Still pull out the distant relatives cd on occasion. So good.

 

[NoleandDawg]

The Woodpeckers FTW

 

[NoleNewsIsGoodNews]

Groove Merchants were the best

 

[Nole Daddy]

For those of you that don't know, John Driskell Hopkins was the lead singer of the Woodpeckers and is now the bass guitarist for the Zac Brown Band.

 

[Scalphunter]

I always liked the Groove Merchants as well as Real Men. They both used to play at Bullwinkles often during the early/mid 90's.

 

[semihawk]

goes back a few years but the BITTER IND, the ONE EYED JACKS, and THE INTRUDERS (?). played with the bitter ind for 6 months so am prejudice as to which is the best.

 

[Nole Daddy]

I always liked the Groove Merchants as well as Real Men. They both used to play at Bullwinkles often during the early/mid 90's.

Those were two of the other bands running through the Tallahassee bars when I was there.

 

[Random_John]

Tequila Mockingbird played a lot at Bulls back in my college days.

 

[crooked_rain]

Spirex
Merlin Mann
Nel Aspinal
Scopolamine
Kenny Howes

 

[NoleInNC]

Baby Fishmouth was another i remember from my time there 92ish.

 

[dmm5157]

Those were two of the other bands running through the Tallahassee bars when I was there.

Groove Merchants are still around these parts.

 

[alphachief]

In 1980 was there anyone other than Hutch and Hoss...and the Ballad of Ron Simmons! Obviously slim pickins back then!

 

[Nole Daddy]

Groove Merchants are still around these parts.

They are still playing?

 

[Nole Daddy]

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[NoleNewsIsGoodNews]

In 1980 was there anyone other than Hutch and Hoss...and the Ballad of Ron Simmons! Obviously slim pickins back then!

Back then I remember Ely and also John Kurzweg and the Nights

 

[rjox1225]

Spider Monkey

 

[RPMNole]

Shark Attack

 

[dmm5157]

They are still playing?

Pretty sure they are.

https://www.facebook.com/groovemerchants

 

[DSnowFSU]

I really liked standstill. Saw them all over the place in the early 2000s. I have a couple of their songs left over on an old hard drive but there are a bunch more that I can't find anywhere.

 

[vevois23]

I used to work with a guy who was in a band in town. Presence was the name of the group, I think. I seem to recall them getting a national deal, but never heard from them after that.

 

[kc78]

Sister Hazel was technically from Gainesville, but they owe their breakthrough to Tallahassee far more than they do Gainesville. X-101.5 used to actually be a relevant station with a lot of connections who helped push a number of bands towards labels. Meathead worked with my band a bit and connected us with a number of record labels who had interest at the time. This was around the time that Presence was getting a bit of recognition and not too long after Creed and Sister Hazel had broken out.

 

[SeaPA]

Shark Attack

The guitar player for Shark Attack was a fraternity brother & good friend of mine. Had a lot of good times watching them play at various places around town.

Someone else mentioned Ely, who I also liked a lot.

 

[LesClaypool]

Six Degrees

And props to RRR for remembering the Luvhandles!

 

[OrlandNole]

Luv Handles

Good band, but the bass player was a little odd. He would BOFITC during solos.

 

[smurfdaddy]

Mine was the Woodpeckers( later be called the Distant Relatives) in the early to mid 90's.

Pat Ramsey Band forget what they called themselves before the great Julian Kasper left them..

 

[PortaJohn]

acoustc workshop (from Georgia southern but played tally a lot) and black creek were my favorites from the 90s followed by the woodpeckers.

 

[Nole Daddy]

acoustc workshop (from Georgia southern but played tally a lot) and black creek were my favorites from the 90s followed by the woodpeckers.

I as wondering what took you so long to get in this thread.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Does anybody remember the Redneck Mothers and who was the former FSU player that was in it?

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Does anybody remember the Redneck Mothers and who was the former FSU player that was in the duo?

Dave Roberts? I remember him being in a band.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Dave Roberts? I remember him being in a band.

Yep, they played every Friday at Big Daddy's for the 5-9 all you can drink.

 

[Lemon Thrower]

only band i can remember was the Pedestrians.